TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

[User1726]

Mayer Brown AC invite

Amazing! Can i ask when you did the trainee simulation?

 

[Jessica Booker]

That's good for you!

But many of us are graduates/professionals who do not have access to career advisors.
Despite immense work and improvements are a bit lost and do not know what else to do.

I would check with your university. Some universities provide careers service guidance up to 3 or 5 years post-graduation. I know one that offers it indefinitely.

 

[h1]

Man have you ever attended a certain LPC institution?

rhymes with? 👀

 

[Jessica Booker]

I did not want to be hostile and apologise

You can access the career service and I hope that they have improved because they did not even have appropriate IT equipment and tutors.
However, guys you need to understand that many people will try everything that they can. Plus, the majority comes from good universities and they offer excellent services and the same cannot be said to more than half of the applicants.

This is obviously a biased view.... but....

As a gold member you have access to all of the TCLA services. I suspect you are using them already, but the application review service, video interview simulator and 1-2-1 calls are all ways you can get the same type of service as you would get from something like Gradavantage Partners.

 

[BM99]

Amazing! Can i ask when you did the trainee simulation?

Thanks!! I think I finished it on 28 December. Definitely during the last week of December haha.

 

[Anoned]

Congrats! Can I ask when you did the trainee simulation?

I did mine at the end of December.

 

[skmx]

If DLA have finished ACs, I assume the rest of us waiting, are to receive PFOs soon?

 

[Rob93]

If DLA have finished ACs, I assume the rest of us waiting, are to receive PFOs soon?

As has been mentioned their email client sometimes apparently gets gummed up so we may just be left wondering interminably. I'm prepared to write them off if we don't hear anything by the end of the week.

 

[therealellewoods]

I emailed the grad recruitment team and they said they were still considering applications which seems odd!

So weird. I hope we hear back soon

 

[zidoeslaw]

I emailed the grad recruitment team and they said they were still considering applications which seems odd!

Oh that's strange! Maybe my friend misunderstood or they didn't fill their VS quota ? Not sure

 

[ssolicitorz]

I emailed the grad recruitment team and they said they were still considering applications which seems odd!

Could be that that was the last AC for that batch of invites? lol who knows

 

[jackpongson]

Any tips for Morgan Lewis telephone interview?

 

[zidoeslaw]

Could be that that was the last AC for that batch of invites? lol who knows

Could be that either I or my friend has misunderstood as well! If they say they're still considering applicants then there must be more upcoming ACs

 

[S87]

Any news fro Covington?

 

[LawfulRust00]

As has been mentioned their email client sometimes apparently gets gummed up so we may just be left wondering interminably. I'm prepared to write them off if we don't hear anything by the end of the week.

It’s discourteous if they don’t respond. Makes you wonder whether they’ve even reviewed all applications.

 

[LawfulRust00]

Do you guys bullet point work experience in application forms?

 

[Jessica Booker]

Do you guys bullet point work experience in application forms?

I would only do it if you can format it like you can in this post

• Like this
• And this

If you are having to copy bullet points in and the formatting goes a bit crazy, then I'd generally avoid it.

 

[LawfulRust00]

I would only do it if you can format it like you can in this post

• Like this
• And this

If you are having to copy bullet points in and the formatting goes a bit crazy, then I'd generally avoid it.

I’ve made applications before where it’s possible to format the bullet points appropriately in the initial form but once it has been sent off, the formatting jams. Do you think this is understandable from a recruiter’s point of view?

 

[Adrian_S]

Okay, this is weird, I got a Vinson & Elkins video interview. My first video interview ever.

CLEARLY TRYING TO DERAIL MY FUTURE AS A WINE MUM.

On a more serious note, I’d really appreciate it if anyone could give me some pointers. I don’t know why, but I feel quite ill thinking about a video interview.

Also, I applied on January 10th.

 

[h1]

Alt + 8 can create a bullet without indentation and shouldn't mess up formating